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'Geraldo at Large' Looks Back at Iraq War

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    U.S. soldiers prepare to return home

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-- they'll all right.

-- -- at its -- we had 170000.

US troops fighting the war in Iraq.

How -- well reduced that down to just 480.

On Saturday night.

Having provided security.

-- And fuel to their comrades.

Coming down from the north.

They were our last -- in the war in -- saw one million Americans passed through this war torn country.

The of the special needs and issues this unit is like -- previous -- Third brigade first candidate for that -- the mighty work ethic good with the right if it would hurt the team itself the border.

Security around for everybody else have made and -- it's.

-- would work would.

Are -- counterparts.

Don't -- Internet security.

-- is important normal.

The war here it lasted so long eight years and nine months that many of these so soldiers -- in grade school when it's dark.

Yeah.

He -- on.

They were in Iraq to help build a democracy.

No easy feat in -- region known for religious violence.

And terrorism.

Yeah I definitely.

-- -- It's.

Very excited.

I'm really -- hey bill.

-- -- -- -- It's not yeah yeah.

But.

Spending the past decade covering the first Afghanistan conflict.

Then the war in Iraq we have argued with many of these TI.

All the got the honor of writing out of Iraq but the last asked convoy.

The -- commander for all of Ruiz.

Would you want the people back -- news bad news.

And.

The threat of deadly I -- attacks and character strikes very real it and it's still dangerous country commanders Saturday night.

-- in vehicles equipped with the latest bomb detection technology develop in this bloody conflict.

-- last unit case their colors.

Close the airbase and the precisely planned -- -- set off on the war our journey one last time.

Okay.

-- called -- number of passing this quarter in 2003.

How we went into the country -- -- anticipation.

Going -- excellence on the troops there -- -- -- different experiences we nearly lost our lives.

Our -- -- what was it like being -- back with the troops came back in the direction last troops.

-- -- -- it was a tremendous on her to be with them -- and you know the feeling that I -- -- you know.

We we survived.

And that's it just me.

That's -- -- they were targeted and they threw it.